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Hetty?

38 replies

squanderer · 18/08/2008 14:05

Is this better as a nickname for something or is it fine alone do you think?

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Moomin · 18/08/2008 17:52

Our friends called their dd1 Hetty after the dh's grandmother. Gran was called Henrietta, nickname Hetty but dd1 was called Hetty in full. It's gorgeous, imo

Takver · 18/08/2008 17:44

Beautiful name, mostly because I love the book 'What Hetty Did' she is one of my favourite heroines.

julienoshoes · 18/08/2008 16:46

I have a Hetty!

It is short in her case for Harriet (which is a diminutive of Henrietta) -because I didn't like Hatty.

She is 15 now and never calls herself Harriet, only ever Hetty and she loves it as a name.

We have recently met another Hetty for the first time ever-and that case it is short for Heather.

If I could go back, I'd have registered her as Hetty.

bikerunski · 18/08/2008 15:38

I know a Hetty who is short for Heather.

Tigerschick · 18/08/2008 15:12

I'm one for giving the 'full' name and then using the diminutive if you prefer ...
But I'm also one for going with what you like when it comes to names.

Either way, I like Hetty, Hatty and Henrietta.

MaloryDontDiveItsShallow · 18/08/2008 15:07

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MaryAnnSingleton · 18/08/2008 15:05

Hester is fab and Hatty is really sweet.

tiredlady · 18/08/2008 15:05

I like it.
Prefer Hester though

findtheriver · 18/08/2008 15:02

It's not a name. Could be a nickname for Henrietta though

charliegal · 18/08/2008 14:10

sorry! I think it is fine alone, but I have given my son a shortened name as a first name (clue is in my user name!), so I would think that.

pagwatch · 18/08/2008 14:09

Actually I love it.

charliegal · 18/08/2008 14:08

Lovely name.

UpForAir · 18/08/2008 14:05

Better as a nick name.